were copied from an eccentric, unreliable manuscript; Allah knows best. Al-Hafiz then remarks in his commentary on the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: “Concerning the words ‘Allahumma rabbana!’ (O Allah, our Lord!): this is the form found in most transmission lines, while some omit ‘Allahumma.’ The version that includes it is better attested, though both are permissible. Its inclusion repeats the vocative, as though one were saying, ‘O Allah! O our Lord!’ “As for the phrase ‘wa laka-l-hamd’ (and to You be the praise), the prefixed waw is likewise firmly established in many routes, although in some—such as the next chapter—it is absent. Al-Nawawi states that neither form has priority over the other. Ibn Daqiq al-Id adds that retaining the waw hints at an additional meaning, for it could be understood as, ‘Our Lord, answer us, and to You be the praise,’ thus combining a petition with a declarative statement.” 4) This wording is the version of the previously cited hadith of Abu Hurayrah transmitted through Ibn Abi Dhib from Said al-Maqburi. It is reported in this form by al-Tayalisi (305), al-Tahawi (1/141), and al-Bayhaqi (2/95). It has corroborations, including a lengthy report from Ali ibn Abi Talib on the remembrances within the prayer, mentioned earlier under the opening supplications. That report appears with the same wording in Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Tahawi (1/140), al-Darqutni (130), al-Bayhaqi, and al-Tayalisi. It is also narrated by Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi (2/53), Ahmad, another recension in Muslim, Ibn Nasr (76), and al-Darqutni in yet another wording: